Entries by Tracee

Soul Path: Seven Demons

. . . and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities— Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, Luke 8: 2 New King James Version (NKJV) Anxiety Depression Addiction (smoking, Xanex, beer, food) Physical Illness Hopelessness or Feelings of Failure Cyclic Negative Thinking Worthlessness and/or Lack of Self Esteem Oh […]

Mothers of Intention

Two of my The Girl Revolution posts are in Joanne Bamberger’s wonderfully acclaimed Mothers of Intention, 10 Things I Freaking Love About Sarah Palin and The Work Mothering Cohesiveness of Sarah Palin. What I love about Mother’s of Intention is that Bamberger has chosen to include posts from women of all political leanings. There are […]

Change My Life: Oprah Please Don’t Leave Me!

I’ve watched the last episode of Oprah about four times now. I just keep hitting replay. 25 years. That’s a serious emotional investment. I don’t have adequate words for what Oprah and her show have done for me. She has changed my life. When I was in Junior High I would run home from school […]

April By Ainsley

In beautiful April, Flowers Bloom, And babies are born. Summer is almost here. It’s getting even hotter, As spring passes by. The sun stays out, while gloomy clouds go away. Kids run around playing, Instead of inside their houses. Birds start chirping, The snow on the mountains melt, Grass gets greener every day. And school […]

Life Coach: Teen Payback – Look Out!

Here’s the scene: Grandma and Grandpa have come to visit. We’re sitting around the dinner table. “Was my Mom a good teenager or a bad teenager?” Ainsley asked with a bit of a mischievous look in her eye. Pause. Forks in the air. My parents and I laugh. “I refuse to answer that question on the […]

The Tone – Physical Labor for Verbal Assaults

So, The Tone has not resolved itself. The Tone used to be directed only at me. But, now. . . It could lash itself on the little brother. . . the neighbor . . . friends. I’ve taken to making her do chores when it gets out of control. Talk back, argue, snap at someone, […]

Write Your Kid a Book

One of the best things I do for my kids is write them a book for their fifth birthday. I wrote one for Ainsley when she turned five, Ainsley, Perfect You and this week I gave Zack his, Incredible Zacktastic. I want them to know who they are, where they came from and also, who […]

Business Coach: After School is School

Every day after school my daughter runs home to get her classroom ready. After they finish their homework, the kids from the neighborhood come to play School. You would think after an entire day of it, they’d be tired of school. But, day after day, that’s what they come home to play. They play for […]

Congratulations Mama! Baby is 5!

My youngest child turned five yesterday! Five! 5! FIVE! What a milestone for this Mama! (For him too, but come on! This is huge for ME!) Child development books say that a person is who they are by the time they are five. They have a psyche, they’ve either achieved a sense of safety, love […]

Change My Life: Spring Break Rape Vibe

Spring Break will be descending on the world over the next few weeks. It’s made me think of this one time, when I was in college, my friend and I decided to go “car camping” at Yuba Lake. We threw some beer and hot dogs in a cooler, packed our bikinis and threw some blankets […]

Birth Story Project: Not Her Birth, Mine.

My friend Anna Kunnecke has started The Birth Story Project to give women the space to heal and grow from their birth stories. What makes Anna’s project different is that it’s not around any woman’s “birth plan,” or emergency C-Section, it’s not the story about how these women were brought into the world as infants and […]